How To Capture Water Like A Thorny Devil

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This spiny little creature can help us survive the Middle East water crisis.
How do we value nature? Do we value trees for their role as carbon sinks? As hope in hard times, like Anne Frank did? Or must we dangle a giant price tag from a branch – put a number on that sucker – so our wallet feels the pinch as the last tree standing is felled? Or can we deepen our relationship with nature again, to learn from its infinite wisdom?
Last week we started a series that looks to fauna and flora for water conservation tips. We showed you how a beetle captures dew in the Namib desert, and how one enterprising company developed a water bottle that mimics that behavior. This week from Australia we have the Thorny Devil, whose spiny tricks are just as clever. … [visit site to read more]

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